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Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Lia and Cassie were best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies. But now Cassie is dead. Lia's mother is busy saving other people's lives. Her father is away on business. Her step-mother is clueless. And the voice inside Lia's head keeps telling her to remain in control, stay strong, lose more, weigh less. If she keeps on going this way—thin, thinner, thinnest—maybe she'll disappear altogether.
In her most emotionally wrenching, lyrically written book since the National Book Award finalist Speak, best-selling author Laurie Halse Anderson explores one girl's chilling descent into the all-consuming vortex of anorexia"
- Goodreads

More about Laurie here..and hereDo leave me a link in the comments section to your Wintergirls reviews. I would love to hear what you thought of it..you could even leave me your vlog links and reviews of other Laurie Anderson books...

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I loved Wintergirls. I didn't review it on my blog, but I may someday when I reread it. I had such an intense emotional reaction to it. I cried through so much of it. I think it's one of those books that needs to be required reading; especially for young girls.

One of the first reviews I did on my blog was for Forge by LHA. You can read that review here: http://completelybooksessed.blogspot.com/2011/01/review-forge-by-laurie-halse-anderson.html

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